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When did Osama bin Laden start down the path to militarism?

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... following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (see Afghanistan War ) he went to Pakistan where he helped to finance the mujahidin and to found Makhtab al Khadimat [services office] (MAK), which recruited and trained non-Afghani Muslims to fight in the war.

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